GERONTOLOGIC PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING
Marianne La Porte Matzo and Deborah Witt Sherman (Eds)
Mosby, 2004
560pp
ISBN 0-323-01990-0
RRP $US59, £27.
More Info & Purchase
This book focuses on promoting quality of life of older adult patients who have progressive, incurable illnesses in a holistic but individualized manner.
The book is divided into three main sections. The first is about promoting quality of life in the dying process. The second is about disease-related palliative care nursing and includes chapters on end-stage cardiac, hepatic, pulmonary and renal disease. The final part deals with symptom management.
I found the text user-friendly. Case Studies are usefully used to illustrate the text. Key studies from the literature are summarized in boxes labeled Evidence-Based Practice. The liberal use of tables improves access to the information.
This book should be a core text for any undergraduate or postgraduate nursing course that deals with the palliative care of older adults with life limiting illnesses.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(July 2005)
Author Information
Marianne La Porte Matzo is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Deborah Witt Sherman is Associate Professor of Nursing, New York University, New York, USA.
Table of Contents
Part 1 - Promoting quality of life in the dying process.
- Cultural and Spiritual Backgrounds.
- Death and an Aging Society.
- Community Based Palliative Care for older adults.
- Palliation and End of Life Care Across Health Care Settings.
- Ethical and Legal Aspects of Dying and Health Care Resource Allocation.
- Communication Issues in Advance Care Planning.
- Advance Directives: Older Adults with Dementia.
- Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities.
- Suffering, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement.
Part 2 - Disease related palliative care nursing.
- End-Stage Heart Disease.
- Cancer.
- Stroke, Coma, and Brain Death.
- Dementia and Neurodegenerative Illnesses.
- End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis.
- Chronic Lung Disease.
- End-Stage Liver Disease.
Part 3 - Symptom management and related issues.
- Dyspnea.
- Anxiety, Depression, and Delirium.
- Gastrointestinal Symptoms.
- Fatigue and Weakness.
- Pain Assessment and Management.
- Skin Care Needs of Palliative Patients.
- Nutrition and Hydration.
- Polypharmacy.
- Peri-Death Nursing Care.
Index
